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The expansion of Berliner Allee began in 1804. Antonplatz was created in 1871 and officially recognized as a public square in 1875. The tram line on Berliner Allee is today the oldest route fully intact and still used in Berlin. There was already horse-drawn carriage service in 1877, the precursor

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The Arnimplatz was built from 1905 to 1906 as a town square with a park to counteract the lack of recreational areas in Prenzlauer Berg, where many working class families lived in confined spaces. So that was necessary.
The green area is named after the poet Achim von Arnim, who became famous for

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The former director of town planning Richard Ermisch gave this square, which developed at the beginning of the 20th century, its present appearance. The green area is characterised by old trees and a monumental fountain. The square has been a protected building since 1977.
The fertility fountain in

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Named after the physicist Hermann von Helmholtz, the square is the heart of the Helmholtz district, one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in Berlin. Until 1885 there was a brickworks here, where material for the construction of the southern part of Prenzlauer Berg was also produced. The

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From 1875 onward the place had the name Wörther Platz after the city Wörth was conquered in the Franco-German War of 1870/71. The Wörther Platz and the adjacent streets were called the Alsace-Lorraine quarter. The place received its present look in 1887 after plans of the City Garden director

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The memorial for the inventor, poet and book printer Alois Senefelder was created by the Berliner sculptor Rudolph Pohle. The statue made from Italian Carrara-Marble was erected on the Schmuck square opposite the Pfeffer brewery with money provided by the printer’s labour unit. It was the first

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